Jeremiah 52:1-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-11

This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but probably it was drawn up by some of those that were carried away with Zedekiah, as a reproach to themselves for imagining that they should not go into captivity after their brethren, with which hopes they had long flattered themselves. We have here, 1. God's just displeasure against Judah and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:12-23

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinful people. Nebuzaradan was chief of those soldiers, but, in the execution he did, we have reason to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign ,.... Whose name was Mattaniah; and who was set on the throne by the king of Babylon, in the room of his brother's son Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:17 ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem ; so that he was thirty two years of age when he was taken and carried captive into Babylon: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah ; see 2 Kings 24:18 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:2

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord ,.... Though we do not read of any idolatry he was guilty of; yet he was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name; and particularly he rebelled against the king of Babylon, and violated the oath he made to him, 2 Chronicles 36:12 ; according to all that Jehoiakim had done ; an elder brother of his, who reigned after Josiah, and before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:3

For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah ,.... Or, "besides the anger of the Lord that was in", or "against Jerusalem and Judah" F14 כי על אף יהוה "nam praeter iram Jehovae, quae fuit contra Hierosolymam", Schmidt. ; for their many sins and transgressions committed against him: till he had cast them out from his presence ; out of the land of Judea; out of Jerusalem, and the temple, where were the symbols of his presence; so the Targum, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign ,.... Of Zedekiah's reign: in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month ; the month Tebet, which answers to part of December and part of January; hence the fast of the tenth month, on account of the siege of Jerusalem, Zechariah 8:19 ; that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army , against Jerusalem ; from whence it appears that he came in person with his army at first to Jerusalem; but, during the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:5

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The siege continued about eighteen months; from the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth of Zedekiah's reign, to the ninth day of the fourth month, in the eleventh year of his reign; as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:6

And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month ,.... The month Tammuz F15 T. Bab. Roshhashana, fol. 18. 2. & Taanith, fol. 28. 2. , which answers to part of June and part of July; hence the fast of the fourth month, for the taking of the city, Zechariah 8:19 ; the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land ; for the common people; though there might be some in the king's palace, and in the houses of princes and noblemen, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was broken up ,.... Either its gates were broke open, some one or other of them; or a breach was made in the walls of it, through which the Chaldean army entered: and all the men of war fled ; the soldiers, with their officers, not being able to stand before the army of the king of Babylon: and went forth out of the city by night ; at which time, very probably, the attack was made, and the gates of the city forced open, or the walls broke down; Josephus F16 Antiqu.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:8

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king ,.... Not finding him in his palace, and being informed of his flight, and which way he took: and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho : See Gill on Jeremiah 39:5 ; and all his army was scattered from him ; when they saw the enemy pursuing them, and near unto them, they left him, as Josephus F17 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 2. Ed. Hudson.) says, and shifted for themselves. read more

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